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Improvisational design or problem solving, dealing with low availability of replacement parts and materials, a characteristic of colonial and frontier living.
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Yankee ingenuity — is an American English reference to the self reliance of early colonial settlers of New England, United States. It describes an attitude of make do with materials on hand. It is inventive improvisation, adaptation and overcoming of dire straits… … Wikipedia
Yankee — /yang kee/, n. 1. a native or inhabitant of the United States. 2. a native or inhabitant of New England. 3. a native or inhabitant of a northern U.S. state, esp. of one of the northeastern states that sided with the Union in the American Civil… … Universalium
Yankee — This article is about the term. For other uses, see Yankee (disambiguation). The term Yankee (sometimes shortened to Yank) has several interrelated and often pejorative meanings, usually referring to people originating in the northeastern United… … Wikipedia
Yankee — Yan•kee [[t]ˈyæŋ ki[/t]] n. 1) peo a native or inhabitant of the United States 2) peo a native or inhabitant of New England 3) amh. peo a native or inhabitant of a Northern state 4) amh. a Federal soldier in the Civil War 5) peo of, pertaining to … From formal English to slang
ingenuity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great ▪ a little ▪ technical ▪ human ▪ American, Yankee … Collocations dictionary
Yankee — noun Yankee is used before these nouns: ↑ingenuity … Collocations dictionary
Massachusetts — /mas euh chooh sits/, n. 1. a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 5,737,037; 8257 sq. mi. (21,385 sq. km). Cap.: Boston. Abbr.: MA (for use with zip code), Mass. 2. Massachusett. * * * I officially Commonwealth of Massachusetts… … Universalium
Jerome, Chauncey — born June 10, 1793, Canaan, Conn., U.S. died April 20, 1868, New Haven, Conn. U.S. inventor and clockmaker. In 1824 he designed a popular bronze looking glass clock, and he formed a company that soon became the leading U.S. clockmaker. He… … Universalium
folk art — folk art, adj. folk artist. artistic works, as paintings, sculpture, basketry, and utensils, produced typically in cultural isolation by untrained often anonymous artists or by artisans of varying degrees of skill and marked by such attributes as … Universalium
Edison, Thomas Alva — born Feb. 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio, U.S. died Oct. 18, 1931, West Orange, N.J. U.S. inventor. He had very little formal schooling. He set up a laboratory in his father s basement at age 10; at 12 he was earning money selling newspapers and candy on… … Universalium
